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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 39 , Issue 3 (March 1996) table of contents

Pages: 61 - 68

Year of Publication: 1996

ISSN:0001-0782

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Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.

Kenan Professor of Computer, Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
K. Computing Milieux

General Terms:
Human Factors

Collaborative Colleagues:

Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.: colleagues

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